Fatty acid

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title: Fatty acid
text: In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have an unbranched chain of an even number of carbon atoms, from 4 to 28. Fatty acids are a major component of the lipids in some species such as microalgae but in some other organisms are not found in their standalone form, but instead exist as three main classes of esters: triglycerides, phospholipids, and choleste
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description: Carboxylic acid
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date created: 2001-08-13T16:01:27Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T14:38:30Z
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